Coffee and tea pot.



No. 820,897. PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

, J. W. WHITAKER.

COFFEE AND TEA POT.

AISPLIOATION FILED JULY 17. 1905.

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COFFEE AND TEA POT.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed July I7, 1905. Serial No. 270,022.

T all whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, JOSEPH W. WHITAKER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Noble, in the county of Richland and State ofIllinois, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Ooifee and TeaPots; andy I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked.thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the invention with partsbroken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of the strainer device,partly broken away.

The invention relates to pots for preparing coffee or tea; and theinvention consists in the novel construction and combination of devices,as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter adesignates the body of the pot, and i) the cover. The body of the pot iscylindrical in appearance, but is slightly tapering from the top towardthe bottom, in order to provide for a close fit of an inner strainerdevice c. It is an inverted conical frustum having the elemental linesof its wall at a slight angle from the vertical. The cover is designedto be seated in the mouth of the pot and is usually of a depth of aboutthree-quarters of an inch below the flange d. The cover has a bottom einclosing the hollow chamber thereof which forms an air-chamber, servingto prevent undue radiation of heat.

The removable open bottom or thimblestrainer device c consists of acylinder-wall e of proper diameter and contour to fit closely within thewall of the pot when pressed down to the bottom thereof. The upper edgeof the cylinder, which is usually about onethird the height of the pot,is bent inward to provide a narrow fiangef, to which is secured theperforated or wire cloth strainerdiaphragm g, which isformed with acentral seat 7L for the vertical tubular depressor-handle c, which isclosed at top and bottom. This handle is secured to the strainer and isbraced at its lower end by arms fm, which are secured to said lower endand to the inside surface of the cylinder-wall e. These arms aredesigned to have a somewhat oblique position, being inclined upward andoutward from the bottom of the handle-tube tothe wall e, so that thelower edge portion of the wall is not obstructed thereby. The tubularpost and the arms m are designed to hold the strainer-diaphragm and thecylinder-wall iirmly braced in relative position. The tubular handle isdesigned to be of proper height to have its upper end in contact orapproximate contact with the bottom of the cover when the strainerdevice is pushed down to the bottom of the pot, and the cover is placedin position in the mouth thereof.

In using this pot the coilee or tea-leaves can be put in thestrainer-cylinder and the pot pushed down over the same, or the coffeeor tea-leaves can be put into the pot and the strainer device afterwardpushed down into the pot over the contents. As the cylinder-wall e fitsthe lower portion of the wall of the pot closely, it will collect andgather in all the co'fli'ee-grains or tea-leaves by means of itsunobstructed lower edge portion and will hold them securely in thebottom of the pot. If tea is being used, hot water is then poured in forsteeping and the cover placed in position, insuring that thestrainer-thimble is at the bottom of the pot. If coffee is being made,water is poured in and the cover put in place, after which the contentsare boiled if 'the coffee is to be made in that way, or, if preferred, asmall quantity of boiling water is poured into the pot, which is thenclosed and allowed to stand for five minutes, after which the pot islled up with the hot water and is ready for use. In any case there willbe no floating grains or tealeaves, and the coffee or tea can be pouredout clear.

The pot is of sim le construction and is easily cleaned as is thestrainer. The cover has no recess to become soiled. The strainer isreadily inserted and removed and is readily cleaned on account of itsopen bottom, and as it is thoroughly braced it is not liable to get outof shape, so that it will always fit neatly in the lowerslightly-contracted portion of the pot.

Having described the invention, what I claim, .and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is*

1. A coffee or tea pot consisting of abody portion having its wallslightly tapered toward its bottom, a cover, and a close-fittingopen-bottom removable cylindriform col- 1ecting-holder having astrainer-top, a central bracing-handle extending through said IOO IIO

top and holder, and bracing-arms connecting the handle and theperipheral Walls of the holder at the bottom of the holder.

2. A Coffee or tea pot consisting of a body portion having its Wallslightly tapered to- Ward its bottom7 and a close-litting openbottomremovable oylindriform collectingholder having a strainer-top, a centralbraoing-handle extending through said top and holder, bracing-armsconnecting the handlebottom, and the bottom of the peripheral Walls ofthe holder and a cover for said pot having a false bottom adapted to fitdoWn close to the top of said handle to keep the holder in place.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH W. WHITAKER.

Witnesses:

E. F. WALTERS, ANNIE FOSTER.

